"Bruce" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 5 Dec 2014 20:00:33 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>"Bruce" > wrote in message
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>>> On Fri, 5 Dec 2014 16:48:18 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
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>>>>"Bruce" > wrote in message
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>>>>> On Fri, 05 Dec 2014 12:10:47 -0800, sf > wrote:
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>>>>>>On Sat, 06 Dec 2014 06:14:15 +1100, Bruce > wrote:
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>>>>>>> Is it a toned down version for the western palate, replacing the
>>>>>>> chillies with "bell peppers"?
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>>>>>>I doubt it. Tomatoes originated in the New World, as did chilies.
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>>>>> I know, but most Americans don't like their food very spicey, do they?
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>>>>Where did you get that idea from?
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>>> I thought white Americans would be like white English and Australians.
>>> Most of the ones I know look scared when I show them habanero chillies
>>> that I've grown.
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>>Hardly. Mexican food is commonly eaten here. Habaneras are not commonly
>>eaten though. Jalapenos would be more common.
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> But jalapenos aren't spicy and habaneros are.

They sure can be! I just ate some that were.